While reading Barb Szabo's post on Attention Sellers: Ten Affordable Tips for Making Your Home "Market Ready, I remembered a vacant home that I listed which was in dire need of some house cleaning.
The house I was listing, had been vacant for a few months. So, 
I asked the seller to hire someone to clean the house, since she was not able to clean it herself. About a week later, someone called and wanted to see the house. It was indeed clean, so I thought.
As we walked through the kitchen, I looked up at the ceiling fan, amazed at the DIRT, GREASE, and COBWEBS hanging from this fan. It was just so disgusting. When I got back to the office, I, of course, called the seller and informed her about the filthy fan. She said she would take care of it.
Well, when I returned, let's just say, nothing was hanging down from the fan. The fan really needed to be replaced, but the seller did not agree!
So for all you sellers, I would suggest that you read the above post for some great tips on making your home market ready. For more tips, visit Barb Szabo's website and download your free E-book, "450 Ideas To Help Your Home Sell Faster." It's comes complete with worksheets so you can organize your efforts room by room. The book starts with a worst case scenario to setting the stage.
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The homes that do not show well in a challenging market are always the ones that get punished the most. This was such an easy fix....sometimes sellers just are clueless!
Hi Rebecca,
Great post. I couldn't agree more. I went to the website you suggested to download the e-book. It didn't work. Do you have a copy you could send my way? I would appreciate it!
Thanks,
Lisa
lsouthern@fmrealty.com
Funny even cleanliness seems to be subjective! Fans are notorious - I guess people don't look up!
Funny even cleanliness seems to be subjective! Fans are notorious - I guess people don't look up!
Bill, So true, and yes this was an easy fix.
Lisa, To order the E-book, go to www.GetYourHouseSold.com
Liz, You are correct, I always look at light fixtures, and fans.